Journey To Tzfas Summer 2026: The Kever of the Ba'al Chovos HaLevavos, Rabbeinu Bachya Ibn Pakuda

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, we're here opposite the Kever Rabbeinu Bachya ben Asher by the Ma'ara of that's attributed to the Baal Chovos HaLevavos, Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pakuda. Chovos HaLevavos is from the most important Sefarim ever written. Chasam Sofer, before any Shiur, he would always learn Reva Sha'a with the Talmidim Chovos HaLevavos. He held that the Talmidim need to develop one Machalach in Avodas Hashem. Chasam Sofer said any day he didn't start off the Shiur with a Keta from Chovos HaLevavos,

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1. 0:00Okay, we're here opposite the Kever Rabbeinu Bachya ben Asher by the Ma'ara of that's attributed…
2. 0:32he felt a Kerirus in his Avodas Hashem. One of the important ideas Chovos HaLevavos talks…
3. 1:03people will say, "You're not worthy of it." it's almost always the Eitzah of the Yetzer…
4. 1:33Dishmaya. So, this was the foundational principle of the great Sefer Chovos HaLevavos, which the Chasam…

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